Senior defensive lineman on Northwestern's 2022 roster.
6′3″ · 315 lb · Tappahannock, VA
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 311 nationally · Joined Massachusetts
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Northwestern's roster.
Taishan Holmes
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Three head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Penn State — Week 5, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northwestern, 0 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (7th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Northwestern | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Massachusetts | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Massachusetts | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 30 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 31–28
vs Nebraska
3 TOT · 2 SOLO
Edged out Nebraska at home in a shootout.
With R. Hilinski — 314 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.7 · 3 rush yds (2 car) · L. Akers — 40 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 49 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-28vs Nebraska | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-31vs Duke | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31vs Southern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-17@ Penn State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 7-42vs Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Demarcus Elliott’s 2021 season.
Matches Demarcus on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to M.J. Webb's junior season at South Carolina (2022).
Matches M.J. on
Player DNA